NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 99 — 3 NOVEMBER 2016

Short term
Development capacity must be feasible, zoned and serviced with development infrastructure.

Medium term
Development capacity must be feasible, zoned and either:

• serviced with development infrastructure; or
• the funding for the development infrastructure required to service that development capacity must be identified in a Long Term Plan required under the Local Government Act 2002.

Long term
Development capacity must be feasible, identified in relevant plans and strategies, and the development infrastructure required to service it must be identified in the relevant Infrastructure Strategy required under the Local Government Act 2002.

PA2: Local authorities shall satisfy themselves that other infrastructure required to support urban development are likely to be available.

PA3: When making planning decisions that affect the way and the rate at which development capacity is provided, decision-makers shall provide for the social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing of people and communities and future generations, whilst having particular regard to:

1. providing for choices that will meet the needs of people and communities and future generations for a range of dwelling types and locations, working environments and places to locate businesses;
2. promoting the efficient use of urban land and development infrastructure and other infrastructure; and
3. limiting as much as possible adverse impacts on the competitive operation of land and development markets.

PA4: When considering the effects of urban development, decision-makers shall take into account:

1. the benefits that urban development will provide with respect to the ability for people and communities and future generations to provide for their social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing; and
2. the benefits and costs of urban development at a national, inter-regional, regional and district scale, as well as the local effects.

Evidence and Monitoring to Support Planning Decisions

Policies PB1 to PB7 apply to all local authorities that have part, or all, of either a medium-growth urban area or high-growth urban area within their district or region.

The application of these policies is not restricted to the boundaries of the urban area.

PB1: Local authorities shall, on at least a three-yearly basis, carry out a housing and business development capacity assessment that:

1. estimates the demand for dwellings, including the demand for different types of dwellings, locations and price points, and the supply of development capacity to meet that demand, in the short, medium and long terms; and
2. estimates the demand for the different types and locations of business land and floor area for businesses, and the supply of development capacity to meet that demand, in the short, medium and long terms; and
3. assesses interactions between housing and business activities, and their impacts on each other.

Local authorities are encouraged to publish the assessment under policy PB1.

PB2: The assessment under policy PB1 shall use information about demand including:

1. demographic change using, as a starting point, the most recent Statistics New Zealand population projections;
2. future changes in the business activities of the local economy and the impacts that this might have on demand for housing and business land; and
3. market indicators monitored under PB6 and PB7.

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